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I've finally finished something! It's the Wingman Models limited edition kit (Kinetic plastic parts, some resin goodies, Cartograph decals and Master pitot tube). So it's OOB except for 4x 250kg SAMP bombs from L'Arsenal. Hope you like it, thanks for watching.

Hello all, I hope you all have been surviving lockdown by modelling-on.....this is the second Jug of lockdown. I set about Trumpeters P-47D Razorback version this time and found that the Razorback was a bit more of a drama than the Double top version, I think it maybe a different mould completely. Its a little tricky to get together and line up, but as long as you proceed slowly with the build, you should be fine. I added a few aftermarket pieces, these were the resin wheels by Brassin and the gun barrels set from Master (32115) and I get rid of the metal seatbelts and made my own from masking tape as I can never get the photo etch belts to 'sit' right. Paints were from Gunze Mr Colour range and as ever.....are brilliant. I added some magnets into the wing where the pylons attach, then added some magnets in the pylons so the lower wing is untouched for displaying without the pylons attached or kept clean. So here is aircraft 42-75242 which was flown by Capt Michael Quirk flying for 62nd FS/56th FG, Halesworth. I'll add a link to the Bubbletop..... https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235076868-132-p-47d-miss-firerozzie-deth-ii/&tab=comments#comment-3758317 Thanks for looking

Howdy all, I can finally ditch my yellowing Fonderie Minatures P-63 effort and replace it at last Latest addition to my Indochina collection, my attempt at AMG`s 1/48 P-63C Kingcobra kit Built 99% from the box contents and finished to represent an aircraft of G.C. 1/5 Vendee, 2 eme Escradrille based at Tan Son Nhut circa 1949 Only changes I made were: replaced the spinner with an Eduard item from the spares box as I thought the shape was better and I couldn`t find photo`s of Indochina........ ....aircraft with a protruding cannon, also used the nose wheel from the old F/M kit and the exhausts which came from an Eduard Airacobra. Sanded the kit propeller tips to a more rounded shape Decals are the kit items and went on beautifully, the bars came from the stash and the instructions imply that they were painted out, but after looking at a few photo`s I could find, to me they just look dirty Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking Cheers Russ

My 1/72 Phantom lockdown phasination is phinally over with the completion of my naval pair: Last to complete are my two RN Phantoms, one from 892 Sqn (ARK ROYAL) and one from 767 Sqn (RNAS Yeovilton). Both of these are Fujimi kits, pretty much "out the box" (except for the aircrew). The 767 one was a rebuild and tidy of a kit built just over 30 years ago, the 892 one is new: I have two of the new Airfix kits in the stash, but whilst I love the build options, I'm really less than convinced about the deep toy-like panel lines and prefer this set of kits by a very long way; if and when I build the Airfix ones, the panel lines will have to go. These are my usual finishing technique - hairy brush applied thinned Humbrol enamels, a Klear coat to help decalling, a light oily wash in the seams/engravings, then Windsor & Newton acrylic matt varnish to complete. The Fujimi kit is generally an easy build. As with all Phantom kits, you need to take care with the intakes and the wing to fuselage joints. Some preparation and care will avoid most problems. the newer kit was the upgraded mould with additional parts - e.g. air brakes and re-positioned auxiliary intakes - its wing halves didn't fit together quite as snugly as the RAF FGR.2 that I did last month, but they do fit with a little force. Please excuse the missing pitots on this one - they were there right up until I added the nav -lights! aaaargh.... Not quite worked out how to remedy this yet. The 767 yellow bird decal is somewhat smaller than the Airfix kit; I think Airfix have got it right here. The Royal Navy titles are also suspect - they are much larger than Airfix (& Italeri), but seem to match relative positions on the fuselage - perhaps the badly positioned auxiliary intake is confusing here, or perhaps letter size changed during service? and finally, a group shot of the whole "haunting" set together (numbers count etc....) ! Enough phantoms for now - a Buccaneer (HERMES - 801 Sqn) is nearly ready for decalling! FredT

Time for the confession - I finished this model weeks ago but forgot to post an RFI... The build thread is here if you want to see it all come together. It was a great kit, very well designed with plenty of detail. Here are the photos of the finished build: My only issue with this kit was my masking on the canopy. Some liquid mask seeped through a gap and ended up under the canopy; despite my best efforts, I cannot remove the canopy to remove the mask... This canopy is glued on too well! Apart from that I'm happy with the finish. I particularly enjoyed getting to grips with an airbrush and working on the exhaust staining. Any comments and critique welcome!

Another Arma Hurricane. This time a IIc belonging to 1 squadron SAAF. Again built straight from the box except for some Eduard seatbelts and Master metal gun barrels and shrouds. I've also tried some of the AK Real colours which I was quite impressed with. Decals are a mixture of kit and Xtradecal as I believe the codes should be white? Anyway, thanks for looking again. 1 2 3 4 5

Here is my latest: Kinetic`s great Starfighter. An easy build with some Eduard PE added. Unfortunately I lost one decal, so the anchor-symbol on the right intake is missing. I wrote an email to the Kinetic guys. Does anyone know if they actually send the missing items? Revell`s service is outstanding, but I do not have any experience with Kinetic`s customer relations department. Apart from the missing decal it was a hassle free build. I did not use the tiny clear parts for all the lights and replaced them with drops of white glue. Upper side is MIG neutral grey with some light grey and RLM66 for variation. The underside is a mixture of Tamiya`s silver and grey-metallic. Some black wash was used, but not a lot. Enjoy! Volker

Hi mates, This is my little presentation of my latest diorama in 1/32. the Revell kit is easy to build , the MPM resin parts are mostly scrap, except the engine. I added some cables and tubes to the engine. The b/w photography was the reference. hope you like it.. have a nice weekend 🍻🍻🍻🍻 Andy .

Special Hobby Sunderland GR. 5 built to test my new decals LHD72039 'Arctic Sunderlands' (they work!). This is PP115 'Charlie' of 201 Sqn, RAF. In August 1953 'Charlie' was almost lost in a glacial lake in northern Greenland after being holed below the waterline. Apologies for the hurried sloppy photosession.

MJ271, 3W-8 in service with the Dutch Air Force (322 Sqn, Soesterberg 1951).

I think I’ve finally finished this one. My wife bought it for my birthday as I’d always wanted a Phantom but never got one. After I’d done my quick build on a Novo Hunter, I started on this - for some reason with some trepidation - maybe because of kit reviews on YouTube🤨 I found it a long but pleasurable build but had a couple of hiccups along the way - the worst being when I placed the tail fin insignia decal on the right side. I’d already placed the left one which was fine. However, a neighbour knocked on the door as I was placing the right one and in my hurry, I placed it against the forward of the two panel lines instead of the second one. Unfortunately I didn’t notice this until the following morning well after the Micro Sol had done its work. It laid down great - just in the wrong position. I either live with it or remedy it. I tried to peel it off using Sellotape and packing tape but it stuck fast and refused to move. No problem, it thought, I’ll photograph it, paint over it and print a replacement. I wish I’d left it as it was now😒 as it’s far from perfect. I’ll try to remedy the remedial work!?! Any way on to the rest of the 260 odd decals - I think my sanity has returned to normal now - please just don’t mention Phantom Decals! Two crew added from my stash of spares. A couple of touch ups and here we are! A phantom from No 767 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Naval Air Squadron Yeovilton, Somerset, England, 1971. I chose this aircraft as I’d found a picture on Flickr. The owner - David Whitworth - has kindly consented use of this picture. The wing mounted fuel tanks are not glued in as I can’t make up my mind if it looks better with or without.

Three out of four, not too bad. MJ271, December 1944, ALG B.88 Heesch.

Build #6 since February rolls off the bench. After finishing 0 models last year thanks to a pinched nerve, and several years of barely finishing 2 models a year, 2020 has been a very productive year for me thus far. I've had a closet full of new-tool Eduard Fw190's for a while and finally got around to building one - and there are plenty more to come! Fw190A-8 "White 6" Lt. Gustl Stalffner, Staffelkapitan 7./JG 300 Lobnitz, Germany, March 1945 - BarracudaCast snapshot cockpit upgrade - BarracudaCast exhaust - BarracudaCast wheels - Ultracast spinner/prop - Master brass barrels - Quickboost pitot - Tamiya canopy - Miracle Paint Masks - BarracudaCals stencils - AK Real Colors paints - Various scratch details Anyway, on to the pics! Thanks for looking! Brewer

Just completed these for the Colourful Dakotas GB over at UAMF - the Italeri kit as a post-war Swissair machine and the new Airfix kit as an Air Atlantique example. DC-3s01 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr 03 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr 02 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr 01 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr aadak01 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr aadak02 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr aadak-3 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Decals by 26 Decals - the colours are a little off as was the size of the titling and emblems, but they behaved well. Not too keen on the Airfix kit - had some unexpected issues with fit, but it does look nice now that it's finished. Interior was re-arranged from the Airfix kit to better represent the layout, with aded seats from the ESCI kit: IMG_0167 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Back in July 1985, I made my first and to date only flight in the classic Douglas DC-3, and treated my brother to his first ever flight for his birthday. This was at an airshow at HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, and the aircraft carried special markings celebrating the 50th anniversary of the type. 35 years on, I finally got around to making a model of that aircraft! daedalus85-02 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr

Afternoon folk's,built for the Corsair STGB is the ancient Corsair.I first built(and I use the word lightly) as the RN version way back around 1971/2. Rather than chuck a half dozen builds at the GB which I tend to do I thought one biggie would be nice,the Idea was to go OOB and try and spruce her up with a decent paint job,I sprayed the white but the rest is brushed,Dennis(@Spitfire) sent me a black box cockpit which did wonders for the interior so many thanks to him for that and thanks for looking in.

Hello! Today I present to you my newest model of Lockheed F-16C Fighting Falcon in 1/72 scale. The model was created from the Polish MisterCraft set, which is a very weak set. I modified the model and after the modification it has a new pilot's seat, completed gaps in the main landing gear, a new engine nozzle as well as improved geometry and wing mounting. The model received the livery of the 445th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, California, February 2010.

Hello modelers. I'm posting an image for the 1st time here. Hope it works.

Hiya Folks, After building the Special Hobby 1/72nd Sunderland Mk.V, I decided to build the Italeri kit and chose a silver pre war Mk.I. Compared to the SH kit, it is easier to build, BUT the interior is nowhere near as comprehensive and the surface detailing looks more like it belongs on a Hrland & Wolf built ship like the Titanic with giant plates rivetted rogether,.....and not the smooth almost seamless surface of the real thing,..... and this showed up even more on an overall silver finish,.....so much so that after painting the model I went back, filled the seams, sanded it smooth and started again! Here is the WIP in case you are interested; The Italeri kit has a number of problems including the fact that the propellers only represent a handful of later Mk.I`s which were refitted with spinners during the war and many of the decal options feature aircraft that were fitted with the late style rear turret and not the early variant provided in the kit,...... so you will need to do some research. In order to build an early Mk.I I had to use a set of Aeroclub white metal propellers from my rapidly diminishing stock! I chose to depict an aircraft from 230 Sqn based at Seletar in 1938-39 which was named `Sengalor' in Malay on the nose, but as a twist I depicted it in two stages of its pre war existence, one side was in the original October 1938 state with red white and blue roundels and the other was the post `Munich' state where the fuselage roundel was replaced by a red and blue B Type roundel and the MSG codes FV-X were applied, but retaining the name and the 230 Sqn insignia inside the Star shaped frame which denoted the types role as a reconnaissance aircraft. Here is the model; Cheers, Tony EDIT,...... I swear this model is jinxed,...... last night, 24th Nov, 2020 it took a nose dive off the shelf, hit the furniture on the way down, snapping the troublesome left wing off,..... opening up the seam of the upper fuselage and shedding props, floats and beaching gear! Having collected together what I could,..... I`m still short a set of float struts, one propeller and a few beaching gear wheels! I may repair it and give it a camouflaged finish,..... I`m not sure yet!

Thanks mates, I've got my fingers and toes crossed for the PET scan tomorrow. 🤞 I grabbed my airbrush and "un-shiny-ized" the Firebrand. I kinda like how she looks, nice and clean. She must have looked like that at some point, right? Maybe immediately after rolling out of the paint shop... Now I'm off to work on the torpedo, and maybe add some markings to the prop blades. There is not much left to do, so it shouldn't take more than another six months. Cheers, Bill

This is my first plastic kit build for over 25 years. A friend of mine gifted me this Airfix kit for a surprise birthday present. My first thoughts were not kind, I had memories of the Airfix kits of the 80's, which were probably tooled up in the 60's/70's. I have to say these kits are so much better, Recessed panel lines, parts that fit, tyres that bulge, separate control surfaces, superb! I sturggled to remember how to build and I re learnt a lot. This is what I ended up with. I think my choice of paint for IJN silver is a bit off and the varnish I used did funny things to the paint. But I got it done and actually enjoyed some parts of the build I'd be interested in any comments and advice. I mainly paint wargames figures, so I've got the basic painting techniques. It's decals that I find hard Best regards

Another one from me, this time the vintage Hasegawa kit of the F9F-8 Cougar. This was an old boxing from Collectakit with knackered decals so I decided to find a Cougar in a scheme that I could paint myself and then use generic or home printed decals for the markings. coug8 Kit is fairly simple but very easy to put together as you would expect from 80s era Hasegawa. I needed a blob of Milliput to round off the nosecone as the kit one has an indentation to fit a nose probe. The Hase kit of the Grumman Panther has rather over-prominent cannon barrels in the nose - for the Cougar they went the other way and there is no sign of any barrel at all so I filled the blast troughs with some stretched sprue. coug5 There is a very good photo of this VF-94 aircraft in the Naval Fighters volume of the Cougar and the masking required is relatively simple to pull off! this sheme Note the codes are squared off at 45 degrees rather than 60 degrees as you would normally expect to find on USN aircraft. Paint was Gunze LGG over white, Gunze Insignia Red for the colourful bits, with the walkways sprayed in Xtracrylix Dark Gull Grey. coug10 Hope you like!! coug3 coug12 Pat coug7 With older sibling coug2 3 Grumman Fast Cats!! coug1

Er, just Mrs R, sorry Keith What's next? PAINT! Then I might think about the next one (although Adrian's kindly donated Belvedere is prime candidate now that Bill has finished showing me how…) Thanks Bill 'Twas only a small puncture… CA on the nav lights dry? Sanded roughly to shape and then out with the Micromesh set: I do actually find this quite therapeutic when I'm in the mood. Gently rub the pad over the surface until the scratching stops. Next pad the same at 90o ish. Soon it's shiny: Should have remembered to polish the back and paint the bulbs. Next time. Canopies on! We have friends coming for lunch so I need to prepare the garden furniture. There will be beer…

Hurricane IIc trop - 34 squadron RAF - SEAC Burma Hasegawa with master barrels, CMK resin, Eduard fishtail exhaust, some scratch details and riveting. I invite you to the photos

Hi all and here's a tribute to those great days of 1980s TV. Built for the Helicopters/Vertical Lift/Autogyro GB here on the forum. The short build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Italeri 017 AH-6 Night Fox built as a civilian MD-500 Build: OOB with seat belts from Tamiya tape and rear seat bench from plasticard. Paints: Halfords grey primer, Tamiya Pink primer, Revell Acrylics with an airbrush. Klear and a small wash Extras: 3g weight in the floor, part of the tail boom replaced with sprue after glue damage. Main rotor blades pinned with wire for a stronger fit. Was a fun build and makes a change from grey or camo schemes. But wow, is a tiny kit! Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(3) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(6) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_ (7) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(16) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(19) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(18) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Cue the theme music! Thanks for looking. Dermot

Thanks Johnny - done! Ah, silly me, well spotted Adrian!! Ah, now then. The instructions tell you to cut off the detail, which I did, but a bit of extra thinning would have helped me fit the pilot. They don't show over the edges though so no real need. Mark @2996 Victor apologies - you CAN see the top of the PE over the edges: A bit more paring required methinks - or more care, probably. As I know Troy is popping in from time to time and as I had some tools about the Airfix fabric wing got de-ribbed behind the ammo covers: Now then, those nav lights. Swords to the ready! In my defence I had another lousy night's sleep so this seemed to make sense: The swords have two leading edges. They are more than twice the thickness of the light. Ergo, saw a bit in half. Fuzzy logic I call it. Out with the I-think-this-is-the-right-CA-this-time: It certainly didn't set straight away and gave me some wriggle time. Then I zapped it with activator. If you're going to do this, lousy sleep or not, don't forget to drill and paint the bulbs first

Here’s an Airfix Hudson. When I first built it I limited my modifications to breaking off some of the flap guides. This time round, a different set of modifications including (deep breath) propellers, engines, cowlings, nacelles, landing gear, slats, wingtip lights, landing lights, nose dome, astrodome, turret, side windows, door, elevator, nose guns, bomb bay, scare gun hatch, rivet removal and a new interior. And a DF loop. Finished as “Spirit of Lockheed Vega Employees” before the squadron codes were added, as shown in the well-known photo showing it peeling away from left front under. Build thread is here if you are interested. Anyhow, pics: Thanks for looking, Adrian

Took a few tries, but got it to work. Anyway, this is the Academy 1/72 kit. Quite nice but still needed some work. I had to chop about 1mm off the legs to get it to the correct stand, too much tail up. I corrected the intake. It's got sharp end edges, and should be round. I used round plastic rods around the intake opening and sand and blended in. Also used Eduard photo etch for the FOD wire door. Decals are the insignia from the AOA Bird Dog sheet, and the numbers took from an old Decal Carpena sheet. Tamiya paint used

A difficult day with the weather. Occasional flashes of sunlight but mostly grey. For me it was made more difficult by having a new camera which seemed determined to underexpose and also being allocated a parking space close to a belt of trees which blocked the view of oncoming a/c. I hope these look OK as many had to be 'rescued' by Photoshop. 'NHS' Spitfire Westland Lysander Polikarpov Po 2 Provost Parnall Elf Eon Primary Glider Miles Magister DE Havilland DH 60 Moth. Richard Shuttleworth's first aeroplane Avro Tutor Fauvel AV36 flying wing Sopwith Pup Sopwith Camel Bristol Monoplane De Havilland Comet

I've enjoyed this thread & chipped in with the odd comment, now, having mastered(ish) the vagaries of taking photos with phones, xferring them onto flicker, back onto the PC, resizing them & xferring them back to flicker ( I'm sure there is an easier way, learn to resize on my phone maybe ) I'd like you all to meet Marty, as in McFly, Back to the Future etc, a name we could all agree on after tossing around Billy & Jonesy among others. Marty is a just over 8 month pedigree Burmese & a right little handful, curious to a fault, a mad as a box of frogs very often & a cunning as all heck, He has begun to get his humans trained up the way he wants them. Apparently like most of the asian derived breeds, he loves to climb & be high & has decided his rightful place is on the bench, not ideal when one is preparing a meal. We or rather she, started buying cat treats & bribing him down from there, this after spraying with water had virtually zero effect. Now, he jumps onto the bench, stands there expectantly waiting to get scolded & then jumps down & heads straight to the pantry where the treats are kept. Cunning or what, we've created a monster. As with @Nev's beautiful wee cat above, bags & boxes are grist to his mill, even this one up on the bench after being unpacked after a trip to the supermarket. Here we are in front of the pantry, waiting on a treat. How could one refuse that imploring demanding just bloody well get on with it look. Steve.

Frames were applied. The wing struts are on on both models. The floats have been glued to the Uruguayan machine. A couple of more float struts that link them to the aft fuselage have to be added later when the glue has set. An interesting thing happened today. As I was at it with the models, a dear friend (thanks, David) sent a video of a family he knows playing Pachelbel's cannon in D major, that they had learned during the pandemic. I found that inspiring, and extraordinary, those kids playing the string instruments and that music, that if it is well known, is not for that less beautiful. That lead me in turn to Bach (who was born when Pachelbel was in his 30s) and his sublime creations. This may sound a bit out there, but as I was looking at the models and the photos in my references and listening to Bach, I felt that the extraordinary structure of the Baroque music, its blend of precision and freedom, earth and heaven, was somehow shared, in a minor way, by the machines and models we love. It was a kind of synesthetic perception, a superimposition of music and object, machine and angel in one.

Hi all, this is my 1/48 Tamiya Mk. 1 build, my first aircraft ever basically. Thought I'd try one, and even a truck aficionado like myself has to have a weak spot for the iconic Spitfire. So... was it fun to build? Yes. Is it flawless? Ha! Of course not. Is it allowed in my display cabinet? Absolutely! There's still a bit of work to do on the old girl, but I wanted to get some shots in natural light and it's fading quickly now so that's what we call the nick of time. This is the build thread in case you're interested: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235070927-148-tamiya-mki-my-first-spitfire I'm glad I got the Tamiya kit as this kit will almost build itself. Even for me, most of the time. I don't believe I had a single issue with fit. Therefore, all the mistakes are mine 🙂 .... I'm not entirely sure but I think I managed to place the exhausts on the wrong side, I think they're protruding a bit too much. Of course, I double checked before, but I'm afraid this kind of thing is not unusual for me. The glue had properly set by the time I thought something might be off. This afternoon I layed down three coats of Tamiya's flat clear but I don't believe it has done anything, it's still very very glossy. I will brush my trusty Vallejo matt varnish on it, that'll teach it. And I'd like to make it some aerials as well. In due time. Anyway, time to end the waffle. Thanks to the host(s) for a very nice GB! Oh, right: this was one of three possible builds in the kit, it's the "A" version which is P9495 DW-K No. 610 Squadron, Battle of Britain, 1940

Supermarine Spitfire F.22 VN318/E 80 Sqn, Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force RAF Kai Tak, 1955 Kit: Airfix 06101A 1/48 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235070864-bubbletop-pt-3-spitfire-22/

Supermarine Spitfire FR.18 TZ233/T 208 Sqn, RAF Fayid, Egypt, 1949 Kit: Airfix 05135 1/48 Decals: Xtradecal X48127 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235070863-bubbletop-pt-2-spitfire-fr18/

Supermarine Seafire F.15 SR520 / 54.S.26 Escadrille de Servitude 54, Aeronavale Hyères Air Base, France 1948 Kit: Special Hobby 48125 1/48 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235070921-feu-de-mer-français/

Right,.... this one has fought me more than I thought it would,....... and I am now calling it done! I`ll post some more pics in WIP,...... thanks for the encouragement along the way chaps, Cheers Tony EDIT,...... I swear this model is jinxed,...... last night, 24th Nov, 2020 it took a nose dive off the shelf, hit the furniture on the way down, snapping the troublesome left wing off,..... opening up the seam of the upper fuselage and shedding props, floats and beaching gear! Having collected together what I could,..... I`m still short a set of float struts, one propeller and a few beaching gear wheels! I may repair it and give it a camouflaged finish,..... I`m not sure yet!

And Tomcat, always keen to do something stupid, like destroying my shoelaces...

Well, my last post on BM is quite some months away.... Time to come back! Let's start with some cats! Blue, my little goddess...

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI SL614/6D-A 631 Sqn, RAF Llanbedr January 1949 Kit: Eduard Weekend EDK84141 1/48 Decals: Xtradecal X48148 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235070862-bubbletop-pt-1-spitfire-xvi/

Finally finished this huge kit. Managed to get it on ebay for £105 after the previous owner had started the engine and elements of bodywork, took it all apart and started again. Used https://www.finemodelcars.info/ and the amazing work of Karsten Schmidt as a guide, who I think specialises in these models professionally. Made it pretty much to kit with the exception of joining the body shells to avoid some awful panel gaps, added real leather to seats, real carpet to interior, added some additional engine detail and added some decals to engine bay too. Also used a tonne of Bare metal foil on the window and body trims. Was really quite a tough kit, sadly some parts just don't fit well, mainly the doors. But try finding a decent 1/8 scale model of well....anything! It seems the kits go for silly money un-started, so was pretty chuffed to get it for around the £100 mark. If anyone else knows some great 1/8 scale cars do let me know, they seem super rare, but I much pretty the large scale. Have been eyeing up a Tamiya Caterham or maybe the Trumpeter GT40, though really looking for classic very pretty cars, a dino, classic porsche or similar. Let me knwo your thoughts!

#15/2020 My dad wanted to build the good old Fujimi 110 now for a while. It can´t keep up with the newer Eduard and Dragon offerings but still makes a nice model. Decided to do an exotic scheme. Used parts from a True Details resin cockpit, EZ Line for the antenna wires and brake lines, decals from LF Models, nose MGs from the sparesbox, camo done with Gunze H67 RLM65, Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-64 Red Brown and XF-58 Olive Green. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235073364-under-new-management148-messerschmitt-bf110c-4-royal-yugoslav-airforce/ On April 1st 1941 a German Bf110C4 flew from Vienna, via Hungary with intended destination in Romania. Due to a navigation error, the aircraft landed at Kraljevo airfield in central Serbia. The crew,Lt. Hans Diehter,Uoff.Wilhelm Pries and mechanic Eugen Schaufelle, was interned, the plane overpainted and a few days later transferred to Belgrade and later to the temporary airfield Veliki Radinci where it was destroyed on April 12th 1941 so that it didn´t fall back into German hands after Yugoslavia was invaded on April 6th 1941. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

Good god man its only modeling... no need to commit ritual Seppuku !!!

Hi Scimitar update time - I have pushed on to set up the wing flaps in the down position and setting up the wing fold geometry I wanted to build in some metal parts to add strength to the wing fold area - I made the bracket and hydraulic ram for the wing fold out of brass & copper - the bracket was filed out of a piece of copper with a length of brass wire soldered to it and 1/16th aluminium tube slid over it for the ram - the outer wing panel had a section of Evergreen square section 3.2mm tube let into the aerofoil section so that the aluminium ram could slide into it Wing flaps were made up and the retraction jacks were made from Albion Alloys brass tube and after a lot of fettling the flaps were glued into place The jury struts were made up from Albion Alloys SFT1 wire and tube set with a bit of detailing at the attachment ends and then soldered - the tube where the ends slide into were left unsoldered so they could be lengthened to fit in the final set up - the outer wing panels were then dry fitted for an alignment check which looks reasonable at this stage - the brass ram/bracket and jury strut should add enough strength to the wing fold as the hinge detail carved out of plastic is very delicate. The Scimitar posed showing current work to date - time to sit back and decide what area to work on next Cheers CJP

I had a quick go at a rough sanding just before I went off to bed... and then photographed it low and at 3/4 view to show how it works. Seems fine. I will sand it smoother tomorrow after work... that was 400 grit... but I will go up to 2500 to get it clean enough for painting. Still no filler🙂 Thats not too bad. A polish and a rescribe and it will be fine. I can also replace the fasteners and drill out the holes properly. Its actually feeling pretty solid now and it looks like its in one piece... I'm going to take off all the fasteners around the nose. They should be flush and sharply defined... they look very prominent and much too soft on the kit... I'm pleased with the fit though... the underside of the nose now looks right and the wing root is as close to perfect as I can get... so not a bad evenings work. Right... off to bed... its 2.50 in the morning and I have work tomorrow!

Did you switch it off and put it down before taking the photo?

Well all the main railings are fitted and just need a few touch ups here and there will paint the rails black and then add the diamond netting after. Stay Safe beefy

Spitfire Mk.IXc, Airfix 1/72, Clostermann. Out of the box plus Aber armaments. Various Vallejo mixes for the camouflage and Sky.

Supermarine Seafire F45. Czech Master resin kit. Finished as LA483 of 771 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Lee on Solent in the late 1940's. All resin apart from the vac formed canopy. I did add a set of Eduard seat belts into the cockpit but not much can be seen anyway. Brush painted Xtracrylix Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky, transfers came with the kit. Was fairly straightforward build but occasionally challenging but nice fit all round.

My latest model, built as part of the recent Spitfire GB. The build thread is here if you want to see it coming together. Comments and critique are welcome!

Thanks Giorgio & Chris! It'll soon be time for another test print on these smallest parts, this time using longer exposure settings to see how fine the process can be pushed... Ta Ian. Important not to get the scales confused however! 😁 I'm not one to deprive my lads of an opportunity to hone their skills James. It only looks like procrastination..... I cringe looking back at the crudity of my work then tbh.... In an emergency, switching to the cyclic existence of Buddhism means you can always sigh ruefully and say 'I'll get it next time round...' 😁 It will be 'interesting' to say the least to see how far material properties can be pushed in this regard Alan & Bill - I'm expecting a number of 'issues' to need adjustment/rethinking but always believe in chancing the arm to feel for where the edge of a process lies....👨‍💻 That's brilliant Keith - I'm so glad you got to witness the spectacle! 🔭☄️ Agreed! 😁 Out last night with Mrs. B, the lads and a flask of coffee until about 1.30am. Saturn & Jupiter bright & beautiful low in Sagittarius these long summer evenings too: Purple? The salesman swore it was 'aubergine'! Sadly I think not AW. You'll just have to content yourself with the Magellanic Clouds, for which I envy you deeply! 😁 I've borrowed one of the good Canon ones from work for the summer - the 70-200mm IS II USM. I have to say that the optical quality is superb and the f2.8 aperture an absolute must for working at such longer focal ranges. managed to bring out a bit more tail detail last evening, and a better hint of the green coma: Picked up the Galilean moons of Jupiter very nicely also in a 0.5 sec exposure @ 200mm/f2.8: From L-R: Callisto, Europa, Io and Ganymede. (cropped from a larger frame btw) Most kind Ced. Strap the Britmodeller leathers on Bill, the theme from Rocky blaring from your mobile as you brandish your noble sihrsc. Time to put the Peaky Blinders up the streets of Streetly! Keith's bang on in using the Plough as the easiest pointer Bill. This was taken about 11.40pm last night: The comet itself just a small distance westward of the red line and creeping further west on each successive evening. Fingers crossed for you Bill. 🤞

1/72 Airfix Starter Kit Spitfire 1a Completed the model using Xtradecal BoB 75th Anniversary set and representing N3093, QJ-W from 616 Sqn based at RAF Leconfield. Hataka acylics sprayed, which were problematic to be honest although the colour looks right to me - kept clogging. Minimal weathering. Enjoyable enough build and another completion for a Britmodeller GB!